The Bathinda Airport is all set to restart the passenger flight services soon after three-and-a-half year. The flyingbig company has got the contract to run the from flight from Bathinda to Ghaziabad. It is expected that the flight will start officials from here in this week only after the test run clearance. As per information, […]
Category: Civil Aviation
US, Vietnam ink key deals on planes, semiconductors as Biden visits Hanoi
US President Joe Biden on Sunday secured deals with Vietnam on semiconductors minerals and planes as the strategic Southeast Asian nation lifted Washington to Hanoi’s highest diplomatic status alongside China and Russia. The US has been pushing for the upgrade for months as it sees the manufacturing dynamo as a key country in its strategy […]
Canadian PM Trudeau still stuck in Delhi due to aircraft issue; earliest possible departure by Tuesday afternoon
Canada on Monday said the earliest possible departure of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his delegation from New Delhi is Tuesday late afternoon and that the country’s armed forces are continuing with their best efforts to bring them back home. The prime minister and his delegation, who were to leave Delhi after the G20 summit […]
Air China plane makes emergency landing at Singapore’s Changi airport; 9 passengers suffer minor injuries during evacuation
An Air China flight made an emergency landing in Singapore’s busy Changi Airport on Sunday after its left engine caught fire and nine passengers sustained minor injuries due to smoke inhalation and abrasions during the evacuation process. The incident prompted airport authorities to close one of the three runways and divert a plane, media reports […]
Air India’s San Francisco flight diverted to Alaska due to tech issue; later lands at San Francisco
A San Francisco (SFO)-bound Air India flight from Bengaluru, with more than 280 people onboard, was diverted to a city in Alaska due to a technical issue, according to an airline official. After fixing the issue, flight AI 175 took off and landed at San Francisco at around 1000 hours India time on Monday, the […]
AirAsia India flight returns to Kochi airport after take-off due to technical issue
An AirAsia India flight carrying 168 passengers and six crew members returned minutes after taking off from the Cochin International Airport here, airport sources said on Monday. The Kochi-Bengaluru flight, which left for Bengaluru on Sunday night, suffered a technical problem soon after take-off at 11.15pm, sources said. “An AIX Connect flight departing from Kochi […]
Man gropes woman passenger on Mumbai-Guwahati IndiGo flight
An FIR has been registered against a man accused of groping a woman passenger on board a Mumbai-Guwahati IndiGo flight, an airline spokesperson said. According to the spokesperson, the incident occurred on board flight 6E 5319 on September 10, and the accused was handed over to Assam Police after the plane landed in Guwahati following […]
Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal’s ED custody extended till September 14 in bank fraud case
A special court here on Monday extended till September 14 the ED remand of Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, who has been arrested in a money laundering case linked to an alleged fraud of Rs 538 crore at Canara Bank. Goyal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on September 1 under the Prevention of […]
2 Air Canada planes collide on tarmac at Vancouver Airport
Two Air Canada planes collided on the tarmac at the Vancouver International Airport, local media reported. While being pushed back from the gate on Sunday, an Air Canada Rouge Airbus A319’s wingtip made contact with the wing of a Jazz Air Canada Express Q400, which was parked at a nearby gate, Xinhua news agency quoted […]
Delhi-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Bhubaneswar due to technical snag
A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight made an emergency landing at the airport here on Monday due to some technical snag, an official said. All passengers are safe, he said. The aircraft made the landing 40 minutes after taking off from the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA). “After the detection of technical problems mid-air, the Delhi-bound IndiGo […]
Man arrested for smoking inside washroom of Indigo Dubai-Kolkata flight
A man has been arrested at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata early Saturday morning on the charges of smoking inside the washroom of an an Indigo flight from Dubai to Kolkata. The accused, Suvam Shukla, entered the washroom and started smoking there, an official at the airport said. Cabin crew and […]
CCI nod to Vistara-Air India merger
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday approved the merger between Tata Group’s airlines Vistara and Air India The merger will help Air India become India’s largest international carrier and the second-largest domestic carrier after IndiGo Singapore Airlines has 49% stake in Vistara Rs 2,059 cr investment Singapore Airlines is set to make in […]